Zyfflich

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Zyfflich
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 26 "  N , 5 ° 58 ′ 26"  E
Height : 13 m
Area : 9.27 km²
Residents : 505  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density : 54 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 47559
Area code : 02826
The parish church of St. Martin in Zyfflich

Zyfflich is a district of the municipality of Kranenburg in the Kleve district , North Rhine-Westphalia . In the north, west and south-west the village borders on the Netherlands .

history

Archaeological finds suggest that Zyfflich was already settled in Roman and Merovingian times. Between 1002 and 1021, Count Balderich von Drenthe founded the canons of St. Martin , which was consecrated to St. Martin . A new church was built for this monastery , of which significant parts have been preserved despite numerous renovations inside. In 1436 the monastery was moved to Kranenburg . From the 16th to the early 19th century, Zyfflich was the aristocratic residence of Haus Germenseel .

In 1853–55, a cross dam was built at Zyfflich to protect against the flooding of the Rhine. In the last winter of the war in 1944/45, especially in the battle in the Reichswald , the place was very badly destroyed. A small uninhabited part of the Zyfflich community west of the cross dam was ceded to the Netherlands in 1949/63 (more on this under Wyler ).

On July 1, 1969, Zyfflich was incorporated into Kranenburg.

Oddities

  • Zyfflich is the last entry in the German postcode book.
  • The lowest point in North Rhine-Westphalia is in Zyfflich.
  • From 1794 to 1810 Zyfflich was the northernmost village in France .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data and facts . In: kranenburg.de . Retrieved December 22, 2019
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 80 .

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